November 2020 Chapter Meeting

Ross D. Montgomery, P.E., FASHRAE

ASHRAE past Society Vice-President, Technology Council Chairman, DRC and DAL, past RVC, and chapter/section President. He has worked in ASHRAE activities for 35+ years, and has served on over 45 committees, councils and boards for ASHRAE. He has authored several Journal articles on Building EQ (ASHRAE Building Rating program), HVAC controls, and Commissioning, and co-authored the ASHRAE book “Fundamentals of HVAC Control Systems”. Professionally, he works as Owner/President of QST, Inc., in the Building Commissioning, Maintenance/Operations, and Energy Audit/Rating/Assessment business, operating a company based in Florida, but travels anywhere in the world for work.

He also works as the AABC certified balancing engineer(TBE) for Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing of HVAC&R Systems, a primary investigator that provides Energy/IAQ monitoring, testing, research, and reporting as well as providing Environmental Solutions for IAQ problems, and performs legal subject matter expert witness work. He has successfully performed many bEQ ratings.

He graduated from the University of South Florida with a BSME. He has his Professional Engineers License, state Mechanical/Electrical Contractors licenses, as well as his CxA Certifications for Commissioning with AABC/ACG, IAQ, Energy Manager (CEM), Energy Modeling and Assessor (BEMP, BEAP), High Performance Building Design (HBDP), and Green Building Engineer. He is an ASHRAE Fellow and a past recipient of the ASHRAE awards for Government Service, Presidential Certificate of Honor, Exceptional/Distinguished Service, John James International service, Lincoln Bullion membership, and an ASHRAE Technology Award.

Building Commissioning in the Built Environment – Principles, Process, Procedures, and the Future

GBCI Approved | 1 CE Hour | 0920014335

AIA Approved|1LU/HSW| MONTGOMERY01

This talk is about HVAC&R commissioning basics and highlighting our ASHRAE Standard 300 series, 202, Guideline 0 and 0.2, and sample commissioning project applications and photos, depending on time. It teaches about what Commissioning is and what it is not. Some sample subjects can include:

• HVAC/R-General
• Smoke control and NFPA 909
• Radiant heating and cooling using DOAS
• Clean rooms; OR’s; Procedure and Isolation rooms.
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Production; Drug Mixing areas.
• Air tightness testing; Case study examples using Blower doors and site AHU’s
• Energy Monitoring Systems; Btu and Kw
• Total Building Commissioning
• Enclosure/Envelope commissioning and associated method of testing
• Thermal/Ice Storage Chilled Water Systems
• Existing buildings in hot-humid climates

It explains the industry importance of commissioning and the why we use it, how it works, and speaks about its many features and benefits. It is important to note that 202 is a process document and can be adapted to be used in many other commissioning disciplines. As a current voting member of the Standard 300 group, and practicing CxA/CxP and ASHRAE Certified CPMP, it outlines better and best practices in commissioning activities, using ASHRAE commissioning related Guidelines. Each chapter of the new ASHRAE standard is explained. As the past chair, it explains the activities of the Presidential Ad Hoc Building Performance Alliance Committee on Commissioning, where we are working with all of the Industry giants (ASHRAE, ICC, USGBC, AIA, NIBS, SMACNA, AABC/ACG, NEBB, BCA, TABB, CAMEE, NEMIC, BOMA, etc.) to establish high-level strategic directions for “Commissioning”, and its use and proliferation throughout our Industry, in collaboration with our Industry partners.

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